DAVIE, Fla. – Two teenage girls died Wednesday, days after they were struck by a car near Western High School in Davie, a Broward Health Medical Center spokeswoman confirmed.
Alicia Cerrato's father told Local 10 News that his 15-year-old daughter was declared brain dead on Tuesday and she died on Wednesday.
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"My daughter was officially declared dead. The glory be to God," he said in Spanish.
Police said Cerrato and her friend, Andrea De Las Salas, were hit by a car Friday afternoon while crossing Southwest 136th Avenue on their way to the St. Bonaventure Family Festival near their school.
Police said the 18-year-old driver who struck them with his Dodge Neon stayed at the scene and has not been cited in the crash.
Police said they do not believe that speed was a factor.